The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Justin Frimpong-Kodua, has announced that candidates who do not emerge as winners in the NPP primaries on November 4, 2023 to elect a flagbearer for the 2024 general elections will not be allowed to resign from the party.

He made this known after a meeting held on November 2, 2023, by the NPP national council of elders, which gathered all the aspirants together to foster unity and address their differences as a cohesive party family.

Mr. Kodua revealed that the candidates, including Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, former Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie, former MP for Mampong Francis Addai-Nimoh, have signed an agreement stating that following the primaries, "candidates will accept election primary results, promote peace and cohesion."

"In the event that they don't win, they will not resign from the party. They will support the winner of the election primary. Ensure and enforce mechanisms established by the party and also to work within the timelines and durations that has been established by the party from now till the results are declared and to respect the decision by the delegate of our party," he told the media.

The dust will soon settle as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries, slated for November 4, 2023, draw nearer.

‘Breaking of the Eight’ mantra as posited by the NPP is currently seen carried shoulder high by two of the contestants, namely Current Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia and Assin Central Member of Parliament, Ken Ohene Agyapong.

The election will take place in the various constituencies across all 16 regions of the country. It is going to be a four-horse race between the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, MP for Assin, Central Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, former Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie, and former MP for Mampong Francis Addai-Nimoh.